Mixing IDE & SATA on a 7025

I have an NEO2 plat (bios 1.B) that has an IDE boot drive. Can use a SATA
drive (500GB as a secondary without issue? Would I need to place it on the
SAT2 connector to avoid boot issues? Any information and/or warnings
appreciated.

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I have an NEO2 plat (bios 1.B) that has an IDE boot drive. Can use a
SATA drive (500GB as a secondary without issue? Would I need to place
it on the SAT2 connector to avoid boot issues? Any information and/or
warnings appreciated.

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Hi James. I understand IDE and SATA Boot devices as separate things.
These can be controlled via BIOS Setup.
I don't see a reason to put it on a Sat2 connector.
Please check Your MB description for more details.
May be NEO2 is reflected by MSI? Otherwise check for other brand.
Horst

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Hi James. I understand IDE and SATA Boot devices as separate things.
These can be controlled via BIOS Setup.
I don't see a reason to put it on a Sat2 connector.
Please check Your MB description for more details.
May be NEO2 is reflected by MSI? Otherwise check for other brand.
Horst

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Using the SATA drive as a secondary drive is "easy"; it is the other
way around that is more messy; i.e. IDE as 1st drive & SATA as 2nd drive.

I updated my mb to the p6n & put in a 500 g SATA2 with the old IDE
remaining; I wanted the SATA2 to be the 1st drive & the IDE as 2nd.
Won't go as the IDE remains to be seen as the 1st drive & the IDE
as the 2nd. This is the way both winxp & linux & partition magic
& partition commander see the drives.

I was able to load winxp onto the SATA as C: only by messing with the
IDE partition table (i.e. partition size changing). So now winxp is
on SATA while linux is on IDE; BUT it does look like all partition
managers see the IDE as the 1st drive & the SATA2 as the 2nd drive.
I just used the bios setting to boot from the SAT@ drive; the added
chore is when flashing the bios booting is non-existant & I have to
change the bios for MY boot sequence (a bit of panic the 1st time!).

You still need to place your SATA on the SAT2 connector & leave the
IDE as is.

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